| 单词 | self-deceiving | 
| 释义 | self-deceivingn.  The action or an act of deceiving oneself; self-deception. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > self-deception > 			[noun]		 self-deceit1590 self-deceiving1614 self-abusea1616 self-delusion1625 self-deceitfulness1642 self-deception1648 bad faith1947 1614    D. Dyke 		(title)	  				The mystery of selfe-deceiving. 1668    J. Owen Pract. Expos. 130th Psalm 		(1669)	 165  				All their profession is but a miserable self-deceiving. 1734    I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles xliii. 158  				Thus we begin to learn and practice early this Art of Self-deceiving. 1832    Christian Guardian Oct. 374/1  				The forms of the church..may be, and doubtless often are, abused to the self-deceiving of those who thus invoke them. 1884    Lippincott's Mag. Feb. 146/2  				With the naïve self-deceiving of a child, you believe, or try to believe, a glimpse of that past is to be vouchsafed to you. 1987    Amer. Literary Realism 19 5  				We see repeatedly the deceiving and self-deceiving of Theron, with a steady rise in absurdity and intensity. 2010    A. Furnham  & E. Petrova Body Lang. in Business v. 112  				Self-deceiving is different from ‘giving a good impression’, and may involve serious lies of omission and commission. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-deceivingadj.  That convinces himself or herself of the truth of a false or unvalidated feeling, idea, or situation; engaging in or characterized by self-deception. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > self-deception > 			[adjective]		 self-deceiving1597 self-deceived1628 self-deludinga1631 self-deluded1642 self-deceitful1644 self-deceptious1806 self-deceptive1810 1597    R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie  v. lx. 132  				A selfe-deceiuing vanitie. 1609    S. Grahame Anat. Humors f. 24v  				Who is a more selfe-deceiving foole in wisedome? or who is a greater Asse? then a Prognostication-maker. 1690    C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 212  				We are poor, empty self-deceiving and self-defiling creatures. 1718    J. Hadow Rec. God 33  				It tends to the encouraging of Self-deceiving Hypocrites. 1798    W. Sotheby tr.  C. M. Wieland Oberon  v. 147  				Her self-deceiving hues that never fail, Paint love conceal'd beneath that icy veil. 1827    J. Keble Christian Year II. lxiv. 54  				What sadder scene can angels view Than self-deceiving tears. 1865    E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 119  				Easy and self-deceiving ways, by which to deny Christ. 1956    A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes  i. i. 4  				His histrionic, self-deceiving temperament. 2002    Sight & Sound Apr. 45/1  				A self-deceiving fantasist of the most absolute kind, he's genuinely hurt when his subterfuges are called in question. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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